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Alsalamu
alaikum brother,

If you dont mind I would like to ask you two questions,

1. If someone has commited all of the major sins can they repent? and if yes
will there repentance be accepted? is there such a thing as a cursed human
being? if yes can the whole ummah including the person themselfs make dua for the
curse to get lifted and for the person to recieve true iman taqwa and guidance
will it happen? is there such a thing as a human shaytan? if yes how does a
person know if he/she is one or not? and can they reform if they are?

2. is salat al-tasbeeh bidah or sunnah?

jazak Allah khir brother for all the good advice and the hard efforts you put
into helping the ummah.

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Answer:

Can one repent from
major sins

In the name of Allah, We praise Him, seek His
help and ask for His forgiveness. Whoever Allah guides none can misguide,
and whoever He allows to fall astray, none can guide them aright. We bear
witness that there is none worthy of worship but Allah Alone, and we bear
witness that Muhammad (saws) is His slave-servant and the seal of His
Messengers.

Your
Question: If someone has commited all of the major sins can they repent? and
if yes will there repentance be accepted?

Whatever deeds one might have done in ones past, if one
turns to Allah Subhanah in sincere Taubah and seeks forgiveness,Allah Subhanah has promised in the Holy Quran
that He will forgive all the sins of such a repentant believer, even if one has
committed the gravest sin of all: Shirk!Not only that, our Lord is so Merciful and Generous, that He not only
will forgive the sins of such sincerely repentant believers, He will change
their evil deeds done into good deeds!

The conditions or ways to seek sincere Taubah or
Repentance from the Merciful Lord are:

One
is aware that he has sinned,and
feels sorry and ashamed at his sin.

Makes
a solemn covenant and promise with Allah that he will not repeat his sin
again.

Turns
to Allah and seeks forgiveness,before he has met with his appointment of death.

Is
a believer and does righteous good deeds thereafter.

Allah says in the Holy Quran Chapter 39 Surah
Zumur verses 53-54:

(O Prophet) say: O My servants who have wronged
their own souls.Do not despair of Allahs Mercy!Surely,Allah forgives all sins.He indeed
is the All Forgiving,All Merciful.Return to your Lord and submit to Him before
the scourge overtakes you;for then you
may get no help from anywhere.

Allah likes such good people very much,
who,if ever they commit a base deed or
wrong their own soul by the commission of a sin,remember Allah instantly,and ask for forgiveness from Him for their
shortcomings.For who,but Allah,can forgive sins?(And Allah
loves those) who do not knowingly persist in the wrongs they did.These will be rewarded with forgiveness from
Allah,and with Gardens beneath which
canals flow,and they will reside
therein forever!How excellent is the
reward of those who do good deeds!

Allah says in the Holy Quran Chapter 25 Surah
Furqaan verses 63-71:

The (true) servants of the Merciful are those
who walk humbly on the earth.When the
ignorant people behave insolently towards them,they say, Peace to you;(And
those) who pass their nights in prostrating themselves and standing before
their Lord and pray, O our Lord,save
us from the torment of Hell,for its
torment is killing!It is an evil
abode,and an evil resting place.(And those) who,when they spend are neither extravagant,nor miserly,but keep the golden mean between the two extremes.(And those) who do not invoke any god but
Allah Alone,nor kill a soul
unjustly,which Allah has
forbidden,nor commit adultery He who
does this shall be punished for his sin,and his torment shall be doubled on the Day of Resurrection,and he shall abide in a state of
ignominy;EXCEPT THE ONE WHO MAY HAVE
REPENTED (AFTER THOSE SINS),AND HAVE
BELIEVED AND DONE RIGHTEOUS DEEDS.For
then,Allah will change his evil deeds
into good deeds,and He is very
Forgiving and Merciful.In fact,one who repents and does righteous deeds,returns to Allah as one rightly should!

Allah says in the Holy Quran Chapter 6 Surah
Anaam verse 54:

When those come to you who believe in Our
Signs,say: "Peace be on you!Your Lord had inscribed for Himself (the rule
of) Mercy.Verily if any of you did evil
in ignorance,and thereafter repented
and amended (his conduct),Lo! He is
Oft-Forgiving,Most Merciful."

Al-Tirmidhi Hadith 2357Narrated by Abdullah ibn Mas'ud

Allah's Messenger (saws) said, "He who
repents of a sin is like him who has committed no sin."

Thus regardless of the quantity or the quality of sins one
might have committed in ones past, if one turns to the Lord Most Gracious in
taubah and seeks sincere repentance for their sins before they have
approached the element of death..it is expected that they will find their Lord
Forgiving and Merciful.

Your
Question: is there such a thing as a cursed human being?

Allah Says in the Holy Quran Chapter 24 Surah
Noor verse 23:

23Those who slander chaste women indiscreet but believing, are cursed in this life and in the
Hereafter: for them is a Grievous Penalty

Allah Says in the Holy Quran Chapter 33 Surah
Ahzaab verse 57:

57Those who annoy Allah and his Messenger, Allah has cursed them in this world and in
the Hereafter and has prepared for them a humiliating Punishment.

Allah Says in the Holy Quran Chapter 48 Surah Fath
verse 6:

6And that He may punish the hypocrite men and women and the
polytheist men and women who imagine an evil opinion of Allah.On them is a round of Evil: the Wrath of
Allah is on them: He has cursed
them and got Hell ready for them: and evil is it for a destination.

Allah Says in the Holy Quran Chapter 4 Surah
Nisa verse 46:

46Of the Jews there are those who displace words from their (right)
places and say: "We hear and we disobey"; and "Hear what is not
heard": and "Ra`ina"; with a twist of their tongues and a
slander to faith.If only they had said:
"We hear and we obey"; and "Do hear"; and "Do look at
us": it would have been better for them and more proper; but Allah hath cursed them for their unbelief;
and but few of them will believe.

Allah Says in the Holy Quran Chapter 4 Surah
Nisa verses 51-52:

51Hast thou not turned thy vision to those who were given a portion of
the Book?They believe in sorcery and
evil and say to the unbelievers that they are better guided in the (Right) Way
than the believers!

52They are (men) whom Allah hath cursed:
and those whom Allah hath cursed thou wilt find have no one to help.

No human being or nation is born with the curse of Allah
Subhanah..it is the evil that one does, and persists in that evil which
results in them being cursed by the Lord Most Majestic.

Your
Question: .if yes can the whole ummah including the person themselfs make dua
for the curse to get lifted and for the person to recieve true iman taqwa and
guidance will it happen?

Allah Says in the Holy Quran Chapter 2 Surah
Baqarah verses 159-161:

159Those who conceal the clear (Signs) We have sent down and the Guidance
after We have made it clear for the people in the Book, on them shall be Allah's curse and the curse of those entitled to
curse.

160Except those who repent and make amends and openly declare
(the Truth) to them I turn (in Mercy); for I am Oft-Returning Most Merciful.

161Those who reject faith and die rejecting, on them is Allah's curse
and the curse of the Angels, and of all mankind.

The only act which lifts the curse of Allah Subhanah,
regardless of whether it be on an individual or a nation, is sincere repentance
and the doing of righteous good deeds thereafter.

Your
Question: ..is there such a thing as a human shaytan?

The only two beings whom the All-Wise Lord Creator created
and bestowed them with a free will are the Jinns and Mankind.If one amongst the Jinn or Men of their own
bestowed free will chooses to deny, defy, and disobey their Lord Creator,
they would be called a Shaytaan.

No one is born a Shaytaan, nor is the shaytaan a
separate race or creed or creation of the Lord Creator; but rather it is the
choice one amongst the Jinn or Human race makes, or the deeds one does of ones
own free will that makes one Pious or makes one a Shaytaan.

Allah Subhanah did not create a Shaytaan, just as He did
not create a murderer, or a liar, or a thief, or a adulterer, etc.; it is the
deeds one chooses to do of ones own free will that makes him a murderer, a
liar, a thief, an adulterer and a Shaytaan!Allah Subhanah did indeed create the Jinn and the Human race amongst His
creation, and the one who of his own free will chooses to persistently deny,
defy, doubt, and disobey their Lord Creator chooses to become a Shaytaan by
himself.

Allah Says in the Holy Quran Chapter 6 Surah
Anaam verse 112:

112Likewise did We make for every Messenger Shaytaan enemies
from amongst men and Jinns, inspiring each other
with flowery discourses by way of deception.If thy Lord had so planned they would not have done it: so leave them
and their inventions alone.

Allah Says in the Holy Quran Chapter 114 Surah
An-Naas verses 4-6:

4From the mischief of the Whisperer (of evil) who withdraws (after
his whisper)

5(The same) who whispers into the hearts
of mankind

6Among Jinns and among men.

In light of the above absolutely clear guidance of the
Glorious Quran a Shaytaan can indeed be from amongst the Jinns, as well as
the human race.

Your
Question: .and can they reform if they are?

Any being from amongst the Jinns or mankind who chose to
persistently disobey, deny, reject, defy and challenge Allah Subhanah and His
Lawsand thus became a Shaytaan..has the opportunity to turn unto their Lord
Creator in sincere taubah and seek repentance for his deeds before he meets
with his appointment of death, and thus cease to be included amongst the
Shayaateen.

'Ikrimah reports
from Ibn 'Abbas that the Messenger of Allah (saws) said to 'Abbas ibn
'Abdal-Mutalib: "O 'Abbas, O Uncle, shall I not give you, shall I not
present to you, shall I not donate to you, shall I not tell you ten things
which, if you do, Allah will forgive your first and last sins, past and present
sins, intentional and unintentional sins, private and public sins?The ten actions are: pray four rak'at,
reciting in every rak'ah al-Fatihah and a surah.And when you finish the Qur'anic recitation
of the first rak'ah,say, while
standing, 'Subhanallah, al-hamdulillah, wa la ilaha illallah, wa Allahu Akbar'
['Glory be to Allah. All praise is due to Allah. There is no God except Allah.
Allah is the greatest.'] fifteen times.Then make ruku', and while you are in ruku', say the same ten
times;then stand, and say the same ten
times.Then go down and make sajdah, and
while you're in sajdah, say the same ten times.Then sit after the sajdah, and say the same ten times.Then make sajdah, and say the same ten
times.Then sit after the second sajdah,
and say the same another ten times.That
is seventy-five [repetitions of the phrases] in each rak'ah.Do that in each of the four rak'at.If you can pray it once a day, do so.If you cannot, then once every Friday.If you cannot do that, then once a year.And if you cannot do that then once in your
life."

Related by Abu
Dawud, Ibn Majah,Ibn Khuzaimah, and
at-Tabarani.

The above narration by Ikrimah
is quoted as sahih or authentic by several recorders of ahaadiths.Some scholars however have a difference of
opinion and say that the above narration is not authentic, and there is no
mention of the Prayer of Tasbih or Salaat ul Tasbih in any of the four major
schools of thought in Islam.

The prayer of tasbih are
voluntary and optional, and if one prays the prayer and his intention is to
follow the Sunnah of the Messenger of Allah (saws), he will have his due reward
from Allah Subhanah, Insha Allah; and if one does not pray them, there is
absolutely no obligation or sin upon them.And Allah Alone Knows Best.

Whatever written of Truth and benefit is only
due to Allahs Assistance and Guidance, and whatever of error is of me
alone.Allah Alone Knows Best and He is
the Only Source of Strength.